Unfortunately, I’m not one of those people who work well to plans, so setting goals is not a good idea.
But…
I did make several new year’s resolutions that I would try and do things differently each year.
Except…
This year, I set a goal to restart editing one of my novels on 1st Feb. I thought, setting it so far into the year it would be easy.
It would give me the time to clear up all the outstanding writing tasks that have been getting in the way, what are more commonly known as distractions, and be free to finally finish it.
No such luck.
Going away, spending long, sleepless hours flying from one side of the world to the other had fuelled my imagination more than I expected and I now have three stories that need either a continuing plot outline or be written as ideas come to me.
If only I could focus on one story at a time.
So…
I’ve been working hard on getting those stories done, and now that November is approaching, I have come up with a brilliant idea.
I’ll work on the novel then as my NANOWRIMO project. At least I have completed every one I’ve started over the last four years.
Let’s see if I can stick to it.
I’d be lost without to-do lists. Not that I follow them one-two-three in practice, but as reminders of what needs to be done. The reality is that each task will occupy the time it requires, and I seem to delve into them as I’m moved (hopefully by the Spirit or at least intuition). Somehow, that keeps me moving ahead.
Does each writer work differently? I’d say so.
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In another life I was a computer programmer, and I’ve decided to write a program that will pop messages up on the screen, reminding me of what needs to be done. It may help.
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Or drive you nuts?
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I never write lists. When I have done so, I forgot to read them. No help at all, but I rtuly wish I could, to be more disciplined in my writing.
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Agreed. There must be another way
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